article thumbnail

8 must-know lessons from telehealth's new normal

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

How to manage the new 'data tsunami' As providers rushed to roll out new telehealth services in response to the pandemic, many weren't – and many still aren't – prepared to manage the upsurge of new data, and new data types, streaming into their electronic health records. How to shore up telehealth cybersecurity.

article thumbnail

Going Digital for Health Is a New-Normal for Consumers

Health Populi

But the consumer pressures, along with evidence-based self-service options for health – both for “care” and for wellness, fitness and prevention – bring us to this inflection point for virtual health. The design challenges, which are suggested in the third experience chart, are evident.

Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

A guide to connected health device and remote patient monitoring vendors

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

In an age when nearly everyone is digitally connected in some way – even many senior citizens, who are often characterized as technophobic – it only makes sense that the healthcare industry is seeing a lot of connected health devices and remote patient monitoring (RPM) technologies.

article thumbnail

#Engage4Health: How Patients Are Morphing Into Healthcare Consumers, for #HIMSS18

Health Populi

But trust is a precursor to health engagement, so trust can be a barrier to patients and providers working together to improve healthcare. In addition to the EHR/screen-time challenge, there’s also a data/health information concern: patients expect health providers to be good data stewards, protecting personal health information.

HIPAA 120
article thumbnail

Trinity Health's RPM program drops 30-day readmissions rate from 16% to 6%

Healthcare IT News - Telehealth

"With the help of an innovation grant, Trinity Health at Home – Trinity's home health business unit – launched a 30-day RPM pilot to 55 patients," said Karen Joyce, RN, vice president of clinical and virtual operations at Trinity Health at Home. managing more than 4,000 patients. " RESULTS.

Nursing 148